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Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Indianapolis, Indiana

• Workflow and Lean Optimization
• Applied skills in engineering and lean management for corporate and operational processes. Work directly with IT in data formatting and statistical report automation
• Led Annual Improvement Priority Projects directly feeding corporate strategic goals for profitability and working capital.
• Expanded influence and honed operational excellence to improve OTD by customer want date from 88% to 95%
• Reported monthly inventory and service-level KPIs (cascaded Strategy Deployment/X-matrix reviews) with focus on continuous improvement through Pareto, 5Why, countermeasure and action plan
• Led Buying SME and Planning SME through SAP launch: built a benchmark SAP Buying and Planning function from the ground-up, launched and facilitated it with only 4 hour delay in service levels at go-live and continued.

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

• Inventory & Planning
• Created and maintained a Demand Plan that drove levels of Purchasing and Manufacturing
• Reduced inventory $3.6M and past due orders by $850K in first 5 months
• Launched program to burn slow-moving inventory by $1M/yr to fund forward deployment of high-turns inventory
• Confirmed materials-controllable actions to improve OTD by customer want date from 76% to 88%
• Drove improved team engagement within sales, inventory, and operations planning processForecasting

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

• Inventory and Planning
• Developed commodity strategy for international castings spend of $8M; created project that saved $120K in annual revenue
• Successfully negotiated 2 foundry price increases down to net zero impact
• Managed and implemented supplier kanban (Ultriva – CEK)
• Led inventory reduction projects with Buyers and Planners aligning supply with in-house order quantities
• Spent time as Buyer/Planner for a BU in addition to project work

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

• Developed breakthroughs to meet plant’s operational plan objectives around On-Time Delivery, Cost, Inventory, Rapid Replenishment, and Lean Daily Management.
• Established and implemented a project that consolidated funds and saved $1.4M within the 2009 fiscal year, reduced inventory costs by $980k

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

• Defined scope for, provide training for and led kaizen events to support annual operational strategy plan
• Recruited, developed and directly supervised RBS Engineers and RBS Engineer Interns
• Produced the plant operational plan updates for Level 2 business strategy reviews
• Lean tools led: 5S, 5 Why, SMED, TPM, Std Work, Material Pull, Process Mapping, Value-Stream Mapping, Strategy Deployment

Ossian, Indiana, United States

• Prepared the manufacturing portion of AQP from initial quote to post-SOP for Tier 1 fuel tank systems for Honda, Nissan and GM
• Specified process, tooling and labor for lean manufacture of fuel tanks
• Assessed fuel tank designs for manufacturing feasibility, coordinated pre-production trial activities
• Designed plant floor layout within existing footprint constraints for new processes and material flow
• Led troubleshooting, maintenance and improvements of existing production processes and tooling

Ossian, Indiana, United States

• Responsible for product quality and passing Statistical Techniques and Measurement Systems Control for QS9000 audits
• Prepared quality portion of AQP from prototype to post-SOP for Tier 1 fuel tank systems
• Interfaced with customers and AQP teams globally to ensure full PPAP approvals and customer satisfaction
• Led 8D and 5 Why resolution of customer complaints

Auburn, Indiana, United States

• Prepared quality portion of AQP from initial quote to full customer approval for Tier 2 die casting and machining die castings
• Produced PPAPs, FMEAs, control plans and MSAs for domestic and international customers
• Primary quality contact for customers and suppliers
• Managed customer and supplier complaints and CARs

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General, 4.0 Gpa

Bsme, Engineering

Certified Professional Engineer In Training - Mechanical Engineering